Eren Derdiyok suffers foot injury in toothbrush-related circumstances

Bayer Leverkusen striker Eren Derdiyok has joined the footballers’ domestic injury hall of fame after suffering a toothbrush-related accident.

The Switzerland international knocked the glass he used to keep his toothbrush in on to the bathroom floor and saw it smash.

Eren Derdiyok has been sidelined by a domestic injury (AFP/Getty Images)

He tried to clear up the mess, but failed to spot a shard of glass and cut his foot open on it.

Derdiyok was taken to hospital, where he received seven stitches in the wound and doctors told him he would be sidelined for at least three weeks, meaning he will miss Leverkusen’s Champions League last-16 game against Barcelona.

‘This is obviously very annoying, but I’m certainly not the first person it has happened to,’ the 23-year-old told Bild.

Former Chelsea goalkeeper Dave Beasant may have some sympathy for Derdiyok, as he once severed a tendon in his foot by dropping a jar of salad cream on it.

Spain international Santiago Canizares will also understand his frustration, having missed the 2002 World Cup after he dropped a bottle of aftershave on his foot.

Ex-Leeds United hardman David Batty knows that the home can be a dangerous place, as he suffered an Achilles injury when his young son rode a tricycle into him, while Rio Ferdinand once strained a tendon in his knee while watching TV with his feet up on a coffee table.

However, footballers struggle to compete with baseball players when it comes to bizarre injuries.

Adam Eaton of the San Diego Padres once managed to stab himself in the stomach while trying to remove the cellophane wrapper from a DVD, while legend has it that Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz managed to burn himself after deciding to iron a shirt without bothering to take it off first.